Linux Format forumsHelp, discussion, magazine feedback and more2006-06-24T11:32:41+00:00http://linuxformat.co.uk/forums/feed.php?t=33562006-06-24T11:32:41+00:002006-06-24T11:32:41+00:00http://linuxformat.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3356&p=25999#p25999Come to think of it, wouldn´t it be an advantage to Linux if most people refered to Windows (and not PC) when they anger over their bl*** crashing machines?

I have a Mac that hardly ever crash, a laptop that eventualy goes slow and needs a restart or crash (Win XP) and a PC that has never crashed (a Linux headless server).

M0PHP wrote:Why pay through the nose for an Apple Crap when you could get an Evesham/AOpen Mini PC "components" for a lot less?

If you mean this, I'd be interested to know where you can get the bits for less than the £699. But now that the nano-itx board is nearly available, why not check out Hoojum, and particularly their planned Nanode? Hoojum supply made up units, but you can buy the bits from the suppliers linked from the Hoojum site - and then install Linux, of course.

I'd be seriously interested but I'm not too sure about a company that has a fetish for Barbie dolls. At least I hope that's a Barbie doll. If it's a real woman she urgently needs medical help.

]]>2006-06-05T20:13:41+00:002006-06-05T20:13:41+00:00http://linuxformat.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3356&p=24981#p24981A top quality PC is as good as a Mac (and quite frankly is little different bar a few cynical hardware locks these days). I'd still like to see Apple compete in the general PC market. Locking the technology to a small machine base is dodging the problem .

]]>2006-06-05T17:31:04+00:002006-06-05T17:31:04+00:00http://linuxformat.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3356&p=24972#p24972It's the same reason people buy Lenovo or Sony PCs when they can get a no-name one from PC World for much less - they're better quality.Or the same reason you might buy a Jaguar instead of a Mondeo.

]]>2006-06-05T16:00:09+00:002006-06-05T16:00:09+00:00http://linuxformat.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3356&p=24969#p24969 I have a ancient latitude with keyboard problems, you're making me drool which won't help the ssticky aforementioned grrrrrr

spottedcat wrote:I'd be tempted to get myself a Mac mini (there's a spare channel on my kvm switch just waiting to be used) but for one thing; it all works too well. I'd be wanting to tinker and there'd be no point. I'd get bored.

Hello wrote:Macs are one thing I never did like they were too expensive for what they were. O would actually prefer Windows to a mac.

When did you last look at a Mac? Someone showed me one of the new Intel powered Macbooks recently. The white ones are £749 or £899 - not much more than a good-quality Windows laptop of similar spec when you think about it. (The black one is expensive. The extra £130 gets you another 20G on the hd and - wait for it - a black case.)

What really impressed me was the seamless integration of classy hardware and very polished software. I'd be tempted to get myself a Mac mini (there's a spare channel on my kvm switch just waiting to be used) but for one thing; it all works too well. I'd be wanting to tinker and there'd be no point. I'd get bored.